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Operation section
Using the Solo function
The AW2816 contains a very flexible Solo function.
By pressing the [SOLO] key on the top panel and then
pressing the [ON] key for a desired channel, you can
monitor that channel by itself.
1
Press the [SETUP] key
→
[F5] key.
The SET UP screen Solo Setup page will appear.
In this page you can make various settings for the
Solo function.
2
Move the cursor to the STATUS area, and
select one of the following two modes to
specify how the Solo function will operate.
• RECORDING SOLO
In this mode, the signal of the channel being
soloed will be routed through a dedicated SOLO
bus and output from the MONITOR OUT jacks/
PHONES jack. The signals being output to the
stereo bus or buses 1–8 will not be affected. This
method also lets you monitor a channel that is
not assigned to the stereo bus or buses 1–8, or
even a channel whose [ON] key is turned off.
This solo mode is convenient when you want to
monitor a specific input source during multi-
track recording without affecting the signals that
are being recorded on the tracks.
• MIXDOWN SOLO
In this mode, only the signal of the channel being
soloed will be routed through the stereo bus and
output from the MONITOR OUT jacks/PHONES
jack. Other channels will be muted. With this
method, it is not possible to monitor a channel
that is not assigned to the stereo bus, or a chan-
nel whose [ON] key is turned off.
This solo mode is convenient when you are mix-
ing down, and want to send only a specific track
to the stereo bus while muting all other tracks.
3
Move the cursor to the SEL MODE area,
and select one of the following two modes
to specify how the Solo function will oper-
ate.
• LAST SOLO
While the [SOLO] key is on, only the channel
that was last selected by its [ON] key will be
monitored.
• MIX SOLO
While the [SOLO] key is on, all channels that are
selected by their [ON] keys will be monitored.
4
If you selected RECORDING SOLO in the
STATUS area, move the cursor to the SEL
MODE area, and select one of the follow-
ing two choices to specify the location
from which the signal will be sent to the
SOLO bus.
• PRE FADER
The pre-fader signal will be sent to the SOLO
bus. In this case, the pan and fader settings of the
channel will be ignored, and the signal sent to
the MONITOR OUT jacks/PHONES jack will be
monaural.
• AFTER PAN
The post-fader/pan signal will be sent to the
SOLO bus, In this case, the pan and fader set-
tings of the channel will affect the signal sent to
the MONITOR OUT jacks/PHONES jack.
5
If you selected MIXDOWN SOLO in the
STATUS area, move the cursor to the SOLO
SAFE CHANNEL area, and select the chan-
nels that you want to set to Solo Safe.
Solo Safe is a function that excludes specified
channels from Solo operations when MIXDOWN
SOLO is selected. In the SOLO SAFE CHANNEL
area, move the cursor to the buttons of channels
that you want to set to Solo Safe, and press the
[ENTER] key. (You may select more than one
channel.)
Tip!
For example if you turn on the RTN1/RTN2 buttons in
the SOLO SAFE CHANNEL area, the soloed channels
will be monitored with reverb or other effect applied.